Irreverent liberals
Why is the report on D-Day relegated to page 7 after 60 years honoring our dead?

Remember troops
I've been following the letters to the editor in the Empire.

In the doghouse
Douglas dog owners: When I first moved here almost three years ago, I wrote and asked you all to please not let your dogs roam free and to pick up the friendly deposits that they have left outside my door.

Charter school deserves equality
Last week's Empire article about the Juneau School Board's renewal of the Juneau Community Charter School's contract was misleading in regard to the board's decision about our school's funding for next year.

Special session a waste
Does the governor enjoy wasting state money? He keeps acting like it by ordering the legislators back to work in a special session.

A dog owner's apology
In response to Ms. Ethel Smith's letter of June 9 ("Get tougher on dog rules"), I, as a dog owner who works hard at being a responsible citizen, and as the Capital Kennel Club representative on the Dogs on Trails Task Force and a member of the Grateful Dogs of Juneau, would like to apologize to Ms. Ethel Smith for the behavior of one of my fellow dog owners - and obviously not a responsible one.

Leashes or jail
I live out Fritz Cove Road and have three small children. I have had to call the pound on dogs that are not leashed because they chase my kids.

Taking a walk in the footsteps of Franklin
This week I'll be spending a few days in London. Benjamin Franklin, one of America's great men at the nation's founding, loved the excitement and stimulation of London.

Marks and Flores to marry
Due to a change in scheduling, Serena A. Flores and Mervin C. Marks Jr. of Juneau will be married at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2004, at Glacier Valley Church of God on Thunder Mountain Road.

McDermaid and Boyles to wed
Margarita Boyles of Juneau and Clark McDermaid of Juneau will be married at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2004, at Tlingit and Haida in Juneau, 3235 Hospital Drive.

Blackwell and Rielly to wed
Jolene Marie Rielly and Jesse Vincent Blackwell of Juneau will be married at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 2004, at Bear Track Inn in Gustavus. A reception at the same location will follow immediately after the ceremony.

Check received
Bishop Michael Warfel, president of the board of directors for Catholic Community Service, accepts a generous contribution of $20,000 from John Williams, former board member and owner of Juneau Real Estate for the Bridge Adult Day program.

Country salutes Reagan
To the strains of solemn music and the slow beat of drums, the body of Ronald Wilson Reagan rode in a final parade through Washington Wednesday to the Capitol rotunda, where the 40th president of the United States will lie in state until his funeral Friday.

Still Swinging
As a teenager during World War II, Ron Maas would lie in bed and listen to the big band broadcasts from Chicago, Meadowbrook, N.J., and New York City.

Dance, fantasy & bombast
In terms of technique and precision, Saturday evening's concert at Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium may be the Juneau Symphony's most difficult Pops concert in recent memory.